Momentum

Composer: Martin Lohse Year: 2014 Worknumber: W. 43 Category: Cat 2.9 (Solo) Duration: 11 min
Instrumentation: acc
Original version (2014) for accordion solo
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Momentum (2014)
Accordion solo

Momentum is dedicated to Bjarke Mogensen and consists of three movements that can be performed individually or as a suite. The score is in exact pitch, and the proposed registers are suggestions that can be adjusted according to the instrument and the acoustics of the room.

The work is composed in three movements:

•  Momentum I – Moderato più mosso (4-5 min)
A relatively slow and minimalistic movement based on a long sequence of major thirds.
•  Momentum II – Allegro con brio (3 min)
A fast movement based on a melody heard in its pure form in the middle of the piece.
•  Momentum III – Moderato (4 min)
A relatively slow movement based on a melody heard in its pure form at the conclusion.

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Mobile
Mobile is a compositional technique where multiple layers of music with independent tempos, meters, and styles are integrated into a recurring chordal pattern. These chords modulate slowly through all keys, resulting in a harmonic language with minimal dissonance.

The technique synthesizes several methods developed across earlier works:

1.  Continuous Modulation: A repeating sequence of chords that modulates from start to finish, creating a state of constant motion. This was first utilized in Haiku (1999) and further developed in In Liquid… (violin and piano) (2003) and Image Balancantes (2004).
2.  Simultaneous Layers: The use of multiple independent musical layers, which has been a primary element of the music since 2000.
3.  Rhythm Across Harmony: A principle where independent motives are played in individual tempos against the rhythm of the underlying chords. This was first explored in Smoke (2000), refined in Liebestraum (Liszt arrangement from 2005) and 8 Momenti Mobile (2008), and reached its definitive form in Concerto in Tempi (2010).

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Duration app. 12 min

Martin Lohse 2014

In Danish

Momentum (2014)
Akkordeon solo

Momentum er tilegnet Bjarke Mogensen og består af tre satser, der kan opføres enkeltvis eller som en suite. Partituret er noteret i klang, og de foreslåede registreringer er vejledende og kan ændres alt efter instrument og rummets akustik.

Værket består af tre satser:

•  Momentum I – Moderato più mosso (4-5 min)
En relativt langsom og minimalistisk sats baseret på en lang sekvens af dur-terser.
•  Momentum II – Allegro con brio (3 min)
En hurtig sats baseret på en melodi, der høres i sin rene form midt i satsen.
•  Momentum III – Moderato (4 min)
En relativt langsom sats baseret på en melodi, der høres i sin rene form til sidst i satsen.

 

Mobile
En teknik hvor forskellige lag af musik i hver deres tempo, metrik og musikalsk stil kombineres i et simpelt mønster af akkorder, som langsomt modulerer igennem alle tonearter i en uendelig sekvens, skabende en musik med ingen eller ganske få dissonanser.

Varighed ca. 12 min

Martin Lohse 2014

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  • Mogensen Lohse: Mobile, Works for Solo Accordion
    (Alessandro Mugnoz - Accordions Worldwide April 2018)
    ... Fresh music, contemporary but not excessively "intellectual" and not at all hermetic, indeed sincere and communicative, often captivating, which show strong roots with the great Western "classical" tradition; a happy combination, just like in Scarlatti, of lightness and playfulness with passion and solemnity.
    ... Music that surely reconciles the audience with contemporary "cultured" music and that undoubtedly enrichs the specific repertoire for the accordion.
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  • Lykkeligt match
    (Mikael Krarup - mitFyn.dk)
    Lykkeligt match
    10 års samarbejde mellem Bjarke Mogensen og den danske komponist Martin Lohse har resulteret i en fin udgivelse med Lohses på én gang minimalistiske, melodiøse musik, som overraskende nok er moderne kompositionsmusik fra dette århundrede. Nogle er omskrevne tidligere værker, andre nykomponerede til Bjarke Mogensen. Lyst og venligt, men også indadvendt og mørkt, hans sans for udnyttelse af instrumentets trods alt begrænsede muligheder ligger i de ofte sindrigt udtænkte rytmiske lag, der som et "perpetuum mobile" udvikler sig og overrasker. Bjarke Mogensens suveræne spil gør oplevelsen stor, og ved flere aflytninger øges glæden. Cyklus-titler som "Passing" og "Momentum" synes velegnede og udtrykker sigende musikkens væsen, sammen med små menuetter eller de seks præludier, som er mere end blot forspil til noget andet.
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  • Politiken (11 Aug 2015)
    (Thomas Michelsen - Politiken, Kultur bagsiden)
    "This release will convert the skeptic to new classical music"
    "It may well be that you are not going to be religious, if you invest in this release from Gateway Music. On the other hand, there is some risk that you will be reversed and start listening to contemporary music."
    - translation from danish -
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